Mandatory measures to force councils to provide for separate collections of food waste appear to have been ruled out by Resources Minister Dr Therese Coffey.
Giving evidence at the Environm...
South West Water have been fined £1.8 million after a lone worker drowned in a filtration tank in December 2013.
Robert Geach, had been working to unblock a filter at the Falmouth Wat...
Nottingham County Council have been fined £1million after a disabled 71-year-old man was struck by a council tractor.
The member of the public, who suffered injuries to his arms, legs...
The High Court has ordered that the Government must explain its plan to delay publication of the UK's clean air plan.
A court direction had previously been issued for Ministers to prod...
A High Court judge has quashed a planning notice issued by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea that ordered a home owner to repaint her house.
In March 2015, the owner of a multimil...
On Friday 21 April 2017 Britain went an entire day without using coal to generate electricity.
According to the National Grid this is the first time this has happened since the Industrial R...
A bid from Australian bank Macquarie to purchase the Green Investment Bank from the UK Government, for £2.3 billion, has been accepted.
The deal was expected to be completed in January, but...
Fines have been handed to two families after health and safety failings were found at a site in Manchester.
Hatters Taverns Limited employed sister company Hatters Hostel Limited as the mai...
Electricity supplier, Electricity North West Ltd, have been fined following the death of a worker.
Mr John Flowers, an experienced linesman, died after falling 6 metres while carrying out r...
The owner and operator of the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, Essar Oil UK, has been fined following an explosion at their refinery.
During the start up of the ma...
The new business plan published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) outlines the future budget expectations for the 2017-2018 period and sets out the key elements of th...
IOSH's high profile "No Time to Lose" campaign which seeks to tackle work-related cancers, has now managed to attract pledges of support from 100 leading organisations.
Launched...
A paper recycling company has been fined after a worker died of injuries he sustained in an accident at work.
Mr Mohammed Yasin was working for Recycle Paper UK Ltd when he was involved in...
Belfast City Council is set to put into place a ban on food waste in black bins. Although it is estimated that this move will cost around £65,000, it is also estimated to save around £800,000 in la...
The construction company Kier Construction Ltd, have been fined £400,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries after falling from height.
Employee Jair Morales was installing...
